Neckscarf



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(No Model.)

NBUKSGARF.

No. 257,850. Patented 'May 16; 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE` CHARLES H. CROSSETTE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

N ECKSCARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,850, dated May 16, 1882. Appncanon med August 31, 1sa1. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES H. CRossEfITE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ot 1llinois, have invented a certain new and useful Neckscarf, of which the iollowing is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in neckscarfs known in the trade as iiat7 scarl's, in which two crossed aprons and the center piece forming the body of the scarf are stift'- ened by pasteboard to' give the desired curva! ture and maintain the scarf in shape; and the object of my invention is to stiften and reta-in in shape the upper portion of the scarf, but at the same time tohave the center piece suin'cently iexible to adapt itself to the neckband or collar of a shirt and lie close thereto when in use. I attain this object by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation ot' a scarf embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a. similar View with the lining ot' the center piece lifted up to show the metal strip connecting the stitfeningboards Fig. 3, a longitudinal section through the center of the scarf; and Fig. 4, a view of the metal strip and stiiieniug-boards detached from the scarf, showing the manner ofconnecting the metal strip and neck-band needle to the -stiffening-boards.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate the same parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

A Arepresent crossed aprons, provided with elliptical curves, beginning with their upper edges and terminating in their straight outer edges.

B is the center piece, which has a thin but exible card-board or metal stiffening, C, to prevent wrinkling, and a lining, D, to cover. the same. l l

Conforming to the upper and side edges of the aprons, and secured thereto by stitching, are stift' boards E E,suitabl v covered and connected together by a ieXible metal strip, F, having its ends passing through and bent down upon the respective boards to secure it thereto,

as shown in Fig. 4. One of these boards has the needle c for the neckband G, secured by passing it through the board and bending its butt-end upon the same to clinch it. Metal strip F is sufficiently stiff to keep the boards E E apart, and by reason ot' this stiffness and a slight curvature given it aids in maintaining the scarf in shape; but as this strip crosses the lower portion of, and is not attached to, the center piece, the latter is left free and sufijciently iiexible to adapt itself` to whatever cnrvature a neclrband or collar may have at the point ot' contact of the center piece.

Flat scarfs not having their upper portions stiffened across their Width will nothold their shape for any reasonable time, While those having a stitfening of a single piece ot' stiff-board covering and joined to both the aprons and center piece cannot be made to lie close to the collar neckband, by reason of the stiffness of the center piece. Both of these objections are overcome by my construction, and, furthermore, the metal strip, which may be bent to any desired curvature while in the scarf, serves the purpose of enabling lne to give the scart' any desired curvature in use, as well as when not in use.-

While it is true that a metal strip is preferable, for the reason that it may after its insertion in the scart' be bent to give the scarf .the desired shape, it is obvious that a strip of any other material having a sufficient degree ot' rigidity, and the shape of which before its insertion would do equally as well, will keep the scart' in shape without modifying the iiexibility of the center piece.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination, in a at scarf, of the stiffening-boards with the stiffening connecting-strip, substantially as described.

2. In a fiat scarf, the combination,l with the two aprons and with independent stifi'eningboards attached to the upper ends ot said aprons,'of ametal strip connecting said boards, said scarf having a iiexible center piece, substantially as described.

CHARLES H. CROSSETTE.

Witnesses:

JNO. G. ELLIOTT, g WILLIAM O. WHITING. 

